CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA							HANFORD METEOROLOGY STATION 25 MILES N.W. OF RICHLAND, WA LATITUDE 46º 34'N, LONGITUDE 119º 36'W ELEVATION (GROUND) 733 FEET							MONTH: March 1995
	TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)						PRECIPITATION			WIND (50-FT LEVEL)							FRONTS & MISC PHENOM
D A T E	M A X I M U M	M I N I M U M	A V E R A G E	D E P A R T U R E	H D D 65 ºF	C D D 65 ºF	T O T A L IN.	S N O W IN.	SNOW ON GRND AT 0400 IN.	P R E V A I L DIR	A V E SPD MPH	PK G U S T SPD MPH	PK G U S T DIR	A V E RH %	S O L A R A D	S K Y C V R SR TO SS	NOTE:TYPES AND TIMES OF FRONTAL PASSAGES "KFR"(COLD) "WFR"(WARM)
1	47	27	37	-5	28	0				NW	11.8	29	NE	37	332	2
2	49	25	37	-5	28	0				NW	8.4	17	NNW	34	343	0
3	48	31	40	-2	25	0				NW	6.8	14	NW	41	155	8
4	54	30	42	0	23	0				SW	11.0	40	SW	52	215	7
5	51	30	40	-2	25	0				NW	9.1	32	WNW	54	272	5
6	50	21	36	-7	29	0				E	5.3	17	WNW	55	340	1
7	53	23	38	-6	27	0				E	6.1	15	E	56	333	6
8	46	38	42	-2	23	0	0.09			NW	6.3	19	NNW	76	94	10	KFR 1530
9	60	39	50	+6	15	0	0.42			NW	11.3	49	SW	84	94	10	F,KFR 2145
10	52	38	45	0	20	0	0.21			W	6.6	18	NNW	88	100	10
11	67	44	56	+11	9	0				SW	11.3	36	SSW	59	271	6
12	61	40	50	+5	15	0				SW	9.5	27	WSW	53	336	5
13	65	42	54	+9	11	0	T			SW	6.1	27	WSW	68	268	9
14	58	44	51	+5	14	0	0.16			NW	8.1	34	SW	83	139	10	KFR 1545
15	61	41	51	+5	14	0	T			NW	9.2	22	SW	60	305	7
16	61	33	47	+1	18	0				W	5.9	14	W	64	395	2
17	60	37	48	+1	17	0				NW	6.9	15	WNW	64	275	10
18	64	46	55	+8	10	0	T			SW	12.3	37	SW	62	203	10
19	60	42	51	+4	14	0	T			W	10.8	34	SW	48	366	5
20	58	41	50	+3	15	0	0.07			NW	11.3	36	WSW	70	164	8	KFR 1100
21	57	34	46	-1	19	0				SW	10.7	34	S	47	231	10
22	55	28	42	-5	23	0				NW	6.4	23	ESE	74	199	10
23	59	36	48	+1	17	0	T			W	10.0	34	SW	62	356	8
24	54	32	43	-4	22	0				W	13.8	39	NW	46	353	4
25	57	31	44	-3	21	0				W	7.0	17	W	42	442	1
26	60	27	44	-3	21	0				SW	5.8	17	E	49	447	3
27	64	28	46	-2	19	0				NE	5.0	12	NE	48	446	0
28	63	36	50	+2	15	0				NW	8.3	21	N	47	453	0
29	66	30	48	-1	17	0				SE	5.6	16	ESE	46	457	0
30	69	33	51	+2	14	0				E	4.9	13	E	47	441	5
31	68	35	52	+3	13	0	T			SW	8.9	39	WSW	47	365	9	KFR 1915
SUM					581	0	0.95	0
AVG	58.0	34.3	46.1								8.4					5.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.95	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.48	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.42	ON	9	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 15 is in Langleys; g-cal/sq. cm				NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				GL-Glaze, T-Thunderstorm, DS-Drifting Snow
TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)				>= T	11	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			46.1	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.120
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.5	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.52	ON	27
HIGHEST	69	ON	30	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.11	ON	10
LOWEST	21	ON	6	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			296.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	457	ON	29
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	94	ON	9+
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			13	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	9	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 49	ON	9	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			581	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	13	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-21	DRY BULB (ºF)	45.7	WET BULB (ºF)	39.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4167	REL. HUM. (%)	56.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	29.6	HIGHEST	99	ON	9
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-496	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	16	ON	2